Manipulation Russians manipulate Politico's article about Ukraine's accession to NATO
Russian propaganda resources, referring to the text of the Politico publication, report that only the western regions of Ukraine can supposedly be accepted into NATO. Thus, the propagandists write: “It is noted that the West has the idea of taking only certain regions of the former Ukrainian SSR into NATO. This list will include only the western regions, and the Kyiv region and Kyiv city, taking everything into account, will not be considered part of the alliance. Politico calls this the “German model”.
In fact, this is another manipulation by Russian propagandists of the material of an authoritative Western publication, the StopFake project claims. After all, the corresponding Politico text does not say that western Ukraine will join NATO separately from other regions.
Instead, the authors presented several models for ending hostilities in Ukraine. In particular, they presented the “German model” - an option for providing NATO security guarantees exclusively to the western regions of Ukraine or to those territories that are currently under Ukrainian control. This model became the subject of manipulation by propagandists.
Ukraine can receive an invitation to the North Atlantic Alliance only within its internationally recognized borders, while security guarantees can be offered depending on the military and political situation in a particular region.
Previously, we analyzed the Russian manipulation that former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg allegedly agreed to Ukraine's territorial concessions to Russia.